Peru Broadband and Digital Media Market Overview,
Statistics and AnalysisBroadband subscriber penetration in Peru, at about 6%, is considerably
lower than the Latin American average. This result is surprising considering that in the
days of dial-up internet access internet user was remarkably high. Individuals, businesses,
are keen internet advocates, while the government has for long encouraged the development
of the sector. There are several reasons for the shortcoming. Besides the obvious barriers
such as poverty, limited levels of literacy, low computer penetration, and rugged topography.
Perhaps the biggest problem is the lack of competition, which has made broadband in Peru
one of the slowest and most expensive in the region.More information on the
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Peru's National Statistics Institute
(INEI) released on Thursday the results of a study called "Information and Communications Technology in Households".
The study, which was carried out in the first trimester of 2008, revealed that the majority of Peruvians accessed the World Wide Web by going to internet cafes.
INEI's study showed that almost 75 percent of the Andean country's residents accessed the Web by going to internet booths, while only 16.9 percent of users had an internet connection in their home.
Furthermore, it was reported that only 12.5 percent of Peruvians had access to the Internet at work while just 3.7 percent of the population cold log onto the web at a school.
The study revealed that 41.9 percent of Lima had access to the Internet while only 6.2 percent of rural areas could log onto the Web.
According to INEI, the number of homes with internet access increased 3.1 percent to 15.5 in the past year.
In addition to information on Internet use in Peru, the survey showed the cellular phone penetration rate in the country.
The number of cellular phone users in Peru increased 15.6 percent to 51.5 percent in the past year.
The use of mobile phones in Lima jumped to 73 percent when compared to last year. Today it is 110%.